Syriac Military Council

The Syriac Military Council (MFS) was a military organization established on 8 January 2013 by the Syriac Union Party to stand up for the national rights of the Assyrians/Syriacs and to protect the Syriac people of Syria during the Syrian Civil War. The MFS was based out of al-Hasakah Governorate during the civil war, and it had a strength of over 2,000 fighters, fighting alongside the People's Protection Units/Syrian Democratic Forces against the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front.